来自《哈佛大学公共课-公正：该如何做是好 第4集》

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  It came to a head recently over drug patent laws.
  最近尤为突出的 是在药品专利法上
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  Western countries, and especially the United States say,
  西方国家 尤其是美国宣称
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  "We have a big pharmaceutical industry that develops new drugs.
  我们拥有研发新药品的大制药业
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  We want all countries in the world to agree to respect the patents."
  希望全世界都同意尊重这些药品专利
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  Then, there came along the AIDS crisis in South Africa,
  然而 艾滋危机在南非爆发之后
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  and the American AIDS drugs were hugely expensive,
  美国治疗艾滋病的药品却是天价
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  far more than could be afforded by most Africans.
  大多数非洲人根本无力承担
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  So the South African government said,
  因此南非政府宣称
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  "We are going to begin to buy a generic version of the AIDS antiretroviral drug
  我们将开始购买非专利的艾滋抗逆转录病毒药
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  at a tiny fraction of the cost
  仅需极少花费就行
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  because we can find an Indian manufacturing company
  因为我们能找到一家印度制造商
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  that figures out how the thing is made and produces it,
  知道这些药物的原理并能制造